Rotunda (Kaiserslautern)

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rotunda
The "Rundbau" building complex in Kaiserslautern

The "Rundbau" building complex in Kaiserslautern

Data
place Kaiserslautern
architect Hermann Hussong
Architectural style New Objectivity
Construction year 1926-1928

The building complex, popularly known as a rotunda , is a residential complex in Kaiserslautern . It joins the “ Bunter Block ” to the west. Characteristic is the part north of Königstrasse, consisting of a transom and a semicircular (more precisely: arched) building. The complex was built from 1926 to 1928 according to plans by Hermann Hussong to combat the general housing shortage by the municipal housing association (today: “Gemeinnützige Bau AG”).

The strictly cubic, not further decorated, four-story plastered buildings are covered with flat or monopitch roofs; the facade is given rhythm by bay windows and risalits. The buildings enclose a green inner courtyard with a pond and artificial stone sculpture by the sculptor Fritz Korter , which are accessed through gate entrances; the apartments in the actual rotunda are only accessible from the inner courtyard.

The original colors - with bright yellow painted facades - and interior fittings have not been preserved, but otherwise the buildings have been preserved intact. As an example of the New Objectivity , the complex forms a monument zone .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Informational directory of the cultural monuments in Kaiserslautern (PDF file; 1.33 MB) p. 7, November 29, 2011.
  2. ^ Department of Architecture at the FH Kaiserslautern: A selection of his projects on Hermann-Hussong.de, last accessed on January 26, 2012.

Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 20 "  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 24.8"  E